Fighting fat is crucial to battle for food resources: Study
Tackling the global obesity epidemic is ‘crucial’ in the fight for food security and ecological sustainability, say researchers.
Archives for June 25, 2012
Are soda industry CSR campaigns bad for public health?
Expensive and elaborate CSR campaigns used by the soda industry, focused on consumers rather than on the corporation, echo tactics employed by big tobacco firms, argue experts.
Avure expands Taiwan HPP presence
Avure has expanded its presence in Taiwan, targeting a "big opportunity for growth" in an alliance with a new contract processor.
National Starch Food Innovation Europe targets reduced fat pastries
National Starch Food Innovation Europe has extended the use of its Sustaingrain wholegrain barley and N-Dulge FR tapioca dextrin and starch solution to deliver reduced fat, lower cost shortcrust pastries.
Cancer-linked chemical in Coke sparks UK campaign letter to health ministry
Campaigners will today write to the UK Department of Health (DH) calling for strict limits on levels of 4-MEI, a chemical compound present in caramel colourings used in drinks such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi and linked to cancer in mice.
Goat and sheep disease causes crisis in Congo
An outbreak of animal disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is threatening to cause a food security crisis, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization has warned.
EU meat exporters likely to face barriers
Europe faces significant challenges when exporting animal-derived products, despite having some of the world’s highest standards in animal health, a representative of the EU Commission has warned.